The department store of your childhood is closing over 300 stores this year

With online shopping growing ever more popular, it’s no surprise that retail stores and malls have struggled to stay afloat. In fact, a staple from our childhoods, Sears, just announced they’re closing a ton of stores in 2018, and our hearts are definitely breaking a little.

Sears Holdings Corp. just announced they’re preparing to close more than 100 stores on top of the 250 previously announced, including 64 Kmart stores and 39 Sears stores that will close by early spring.

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Apparently, the closures were a long time in the making, with the company not having reported profits since 2010. Still, that doesn’t make it hurt any less, since it seems that in the coming decade, the mall as we know it will cease to exist altogether — costing so very many people their jobs.

We wish the best for all impacted employees, and we’re going to go ahead and pour one out for our favorite place to get appliances and affordable apparel.

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